Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-04

made wonderful progress in e few years. !
The GAZETTE is one of it's builders, aud
deserves the great success it is meeting
with.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION.
Dallas Mercury: On May "a the Texas
Press Association convened ct Fort Worth
and. il company with several members
from Dallas, we arrived early on the
morning Of the first day, and were coz
daily met By the reception committee,
composed Of Fort Worth's leading clti-
zeus, and conducted TO the Ellis mouse, q
new and excellent hotel built by Mc. j.
Z, Ellis and leased by Mr.. Mueller, with
Captain Je2E-nson, formerly Of Dallas.
as clerk.
During The meeting carriages were
provided ~ the enterprising citizens CT
Fort Worth and several hours spent IN
visiting points of interest &rd driving
over her many miles Of splendid macsda-
mixed ana paved streets. We we're all
agreeab,y surprised at the extent and size
Of this young, progressive and rapidly
grown! city.
The .irst place visited was Joseph ii.
=
enc CT which is the store proper in which
are located all Ills business Offices, and
the other his factory, in which ne manu-
faCtures very many lines of goods found
! or the shelves CT the grocer. Mr. Brow i
conducted Us through his buildings ~
person, freely explaining a. about fis
mammoth business. To say that the eges
CT the editors were opened ty the trip TO
4 W. nj -b,,yfs
prise Of the men VINO haze built Fort
Worth up 10 her present wonderful pro-.
portions would be drawing il mild.
Other cities have done yell ia Esking
the editors OF Texas feel al home en- &C.
cssions of their meetings, bat we fee.
| like saving OF Fort Worth, "Thau eI-
ceIest them ALI" for truly every wish
and desired OF the editors were antIci-
pated; ard the people OF Fort Worth
seemed TO vie with each other te see who
J could sd most TO the pleasure of their
visitors. = = = On VI Wednesday
| the ASSOCIATION accepted invitations to
attend musicale given by Mrs. Walter
Huffman in honor Of the ladies Of the
association; also 10 20 on an excursion
over Captain PaddOCk's new road. the
| Fcrt Worth and RIO Gran0e Railroad.
,
| CIT entertainment, highly enjoyed and
appreciated by all, the rendidOns being
! especially Gue, and boUnteous repast
| served in elegant style, without wine
! On Thursday the excursion to Arbuckle
mUUEt2lns and the Washits river given
/ By the Santa Fe Railroad, was accented
( by most o. the association, and was 9
! very enjoyable STAR, g first class dinner
! being served by the officers o. TIE road
up In TIE mountains on Rocky creek.
about sixty miles north Of Bed RIVER. The
| association w&s placed under many o5li-
cations TO the following gentlemen in
charge Ct the excursion; who did az in
( their power to make the trip pleasant
one, Mr.. Tlllmsu, train dispatcher: Mr..
Mullene, agent Tor the road, and Mr..
| Cole, conductor.
On cur return from the Territory we
were met at Gainesville by the citizens
who had kindly provided CODveyarCes to
take rs on 3 drive around the city and
supper at the Lindsey hoGel. AL were
agreesbiY surprised ct the size, beauty
and prosperity Of the city. An
excursion was kindly rendered by Colonel
Frost over the Fort Worth ana Denver
Road to Qusneh, the present terminus,
but the tsligre Of any train west Saturday
morning. on account of the burning of q
bridge somewhere east Of Dallas. pre-
vented the editors from taking this eycur-
sion, being held in Dallas ell day Satur-
day.